On August 1st 2012, we began transitioning from Check Out My Cards to COMC.com and running dual sites in parallel. It has been eight years since we began offering our unique service with Check Out My Cards, and it is with deep pride and a certain degree of sadness that we announce that, as of July 1st, 2013, the old site has been officially shut down and retired, and we will be fully committing to the new site and brand COMC.com.
It has been a tremendous journey that has brought together a team of over 50 unique Team members, close to 3000 sellers, and well over 50,000 buyers! As a tribute to where we have been as a company, we want to take a moment and relive a few of the crowning moments during the company’s time as Check Out My Cards.
| Date | Event |
| Dec 21st, 2005 | Check Out My LLC is founded |
| Aug 1st, 2007 | Check Out My Cards launched at the 2007 Nationals |
| Sept 4th, 2007 | Make an Offer function is launched. During January of the following year, the Counter Offer function is added. |
| April 9th, 2008 | Check Out My Cards moves into a bigger warehouse |
| Nov 28th, 2008 | Check Out My Cards has its first Black Friday sale |
| July 2nd, 2009 | Check Out My Cards adds its one millionth item to the site. To commemorate, Tim buys the card from the user |
| Aug 23, 2009 | Check Out My Cards partners with Blowout Cards |
| Mar 12th, 2010 | First card valued over $1000 sold on site |
| May 14th 2010 | First official port sale completed. On September 15th of the following year, the port sale offer system is added |
| Nov 24th, 2011 | Check Out My Cards launches the wildly successful First Time Seller Coupon and Referral program |
| Dec 3rd, 2011 | Check Out My Cards moves into its current warehouse |
| Aug 1st, 2012 | Check Out My Cards transitions to COMC.com |
| July 1st, 2013 | Check Out My Cards is retired |
As we gaze across the path that brought us here, it feels right to also see where we stand in the present. Check Out My Cards laid the groundwork for everything that COMC has become and the switch to COMC has provided us with new tools and options that weren’t possible before. A short list would include:
- Being able to filter search results
- The Promotions Feature including the now frequently used Partial Port sale function
- The Beckett Grading Service integration
- The ability to expand into new collectibles such as comics and many yet to come.
Memories, like candles, light the pathway to the future. Or something corny like that.
Yesterday, the team at COMC allowed Check Out My Cards to finally retire. We would love to hear about your personal experiences with the old site and where we have been. Please feel free to use the Comments box below to fill us in, and help us celebrate the next step into COMC.com’s future. We’re still expanding the new site experience and we know our users always have a lot of great suggestions for changes and features. Keep letting us know what you’d like to see and we’ll keep listening and improving.
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